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A. B. OLUNIES. 000mm STOVE.

No. 521,'701. Patented June 19, 1894.

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ARTHUR B. GLUNIES, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO THE SILL STOVEWORKS, OF SAME PLACE.

COOKING-STOVE.

srnoxmcnrxonformi part of Letters Patent No. 521,701, dated June19,1894. Application 1116a April 13. 1894. Seria1No.507,370- (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern: Be it known that I, ARTHUR B. CLUNIES, of

, Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Cooking-Stoves; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawlugs, forming apart of this specification, and

I0 to the reference-numerals marked thereon.

My present invention relates to improvements in stoves and particularlyadapted to cooklng-stoves, and consists in a certain improved hearth orfront, as will be hereinafter described and the novel features pointedout in the claims at the end of this specification.

In the drawingsz-Figure 1 is a perspective view of the front of acooking-stove provided with myimprovements; Fig.2, a similar viewshowing the front or hearth turned up; Fig. 3 a longitudinal sectionalview; Fig. 4, a plan vlew.

Similar reference-numerals in the several figures indicate similarparts. 2 5 The main or body portion 1 of the stove is constructed in anyparticular or preferred way; 2 indicating'the top of the stove; 3, theoven; 4, the fire-pot; and 5, the'ash-pit- The body of the stove isprovided at'the front with an extension 6 within which the ash pan 7 islocated, said extended portion being in communication with the ash-pit.

8 indicates one of the front plates of the stove and 9, the usual doorcommunicating 3 5 with the top of the fire-pot.

The subject-matter of my present invention 1s the combined hearth andstove front, which consists of the horizontal hearth plate or portion 10adapted to fit over the forward exten- 0 sion of the stove-body, asshown in Fig. 1, and

upon the rear end-of this plate is formed-or connected a front plateorcasting 11, preferably containing the usual sliding damper l2 and at itsupper end is provided with ears or I 5 trunnions 13 entering aperturesformed in lugs or arms 14 formed upon or attached to the sides of thestove. The combined hearth and front when in normal position, as shown1n Fig. 1, will cover the front and the forward extension of theash-pit, but it vmay be turned up to-the position shown in Fig. 2 bylifting up the handle or forward extension 15 on the front end of theplate 10. To secure the parts when raised, in order that the ash-pan maybe .nions of the said front'plate being permitted a slight verticalmovement in the apertures 6o in the arms 14 on the stove-body, in orderthat the lug 16 and catch 17 may be engaged and held. It will beunderstood that any other suitable retaining device may be employed forthis purpose.

By the above described construction, I am enabled to use a very muchlarger ash-pan than ordinarily and to permit more ready access to theash-pan and under sideof the grate, and this without swinging the hearthand front to the side as has been heretofore done, as this latterconstruction is very objectionable, in that, when it is swung out, it isin the way and liable to be broken or injured.

It will be understood that this invention can be readily applied toheating stoves without modification of the essential parts of theinvention;-'merely such adaptations as are necessary for the particularstove structure being required, as will readily occur to those skilledin the art.

, I claim as my invention- 1. The combination with the stove-body havingthe forwardly extending ash-pit, the grate and fire-pot, of the combinedhearth and 8 5 front mounted on horizontally extending pivots andadaptedto be swung vertically to permitaccess to the' forward portion ofthe ashpit, substantially as described. I

2. The combination with the stove-body c havingthe forwardly extendingash-pit and the grate and fire-pot, of the combined hearth and frontmounted on horizontally extending pivots and adapted to be swungvertically to permit access to the forward portion of the ash-pit, and acatch for retaining said hearth and front when raised, substantially asdescribed.

3. The combination with the stove-body having the forwardly extendingash-pit, and loo grate and the fire-pot,of the combined hearth 10 andfront pivoted loosely to the sides of the stove-body, said hearth havingthe securing lug, and the stationary catch on the stovebedy with whichthe lug on the hearth cooperates to retain the latter when swung uponits pivots, substantially as described.

5. The combination with the stove body having the forwardly extendingash-pit, and the grate, and fire-pot, of the combined hearth and front,pivoted to the stove-body on horizontally extending pivots, and thedraft slide or register on the front, substantially as described.

ARTHUR B. CLUNIES. Witnesses:

FREDK. WILL,

FREDERICK F. CHURCH.

